Top 5 Unluckiest Places in the World

The Mayans thought the world was going to end in 2012 but according to Viking legend the Apocalypse is actually due in February 2014. So, could 2014 really be our unlucky year? I doubt many of us will believe that. However if you’re superstitious or not, a trip to one of these unlucky destinations may make you start believing.

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Bhangarh, Rajasthan, India

Considered as a ghost town in India, it is believed in the early 17^th century, Madho Signh, a fierce ruler, sought to construct his capital at Bhangarh. During the time a saint named Baba Balanath warned the king not to raise his buildings to heights that would cast a shadow over his cherished salvation spot. Madho Singh obliged, but years later, Ajab Singh added onto the fort, unleashing a series of peculiar events that swiftly led to the city’s doom.

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Rose Hall, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Legend states that Rose Hall was the abode of White Witch, Annie Palmer who was brought up by a Haitian nanny who practiced voodoo. When it comes to curses nothing seems quite as infamous as a voodoo spell, and it is commonly believed that Annie Palmer was responsible for the murder of three husbands and multiple lovers over the course of a decade. Today she is regularly seen wandering her house with her collection of murdered men stalking the terrified visitors.

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Drake Passage, Patagonia, Chile & Argentina

Between the southern tip of South America and the icy fringes of Antarctica, lies a grey expanse of crashing waves famously known as the Drake Passage. With torrential winds that like to change direction, this turbulent route between seas is not for the faint hearted. Named after the famous British explorer Sir Francis Drake, this body of water has been the demise of countless vessels, including the San Telmo, the flagship of the Spanish Armada bound for Peru.

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Tower of London, London, UK

The notorious Tower of London is famous for being the last destination for many poor criminals and unlucky nobles who met their death by the executioner’s blade. The grounds are said to be haunted by popular spirits such as Thomas Beckett and Henry VI who miserably walk the cold stone halls. The most famous spirit Countess of Salisbury, who in 1541 was hacked to death by her executioner after trying to escape from the gallows, is regularly seen. Some people have even claimed to have seen her grisly death acted out by other spirits.

Bermuda Triangle, Atlantic Ocean

Obviously no unlucky list would be complete without the famous triangle of terror that spans across the Atlantic Ocean from the shores of Florida, over to San Juan, Puerto Rico and up to its namesake island of Bermuda. The legend of the Bermuda Triangle first began during the 1950s when five fighter planes mysteriously disappeared during a training session. Since then, it has grown in notoriety after subsequent tragedies involving additional planes and boats. Whilst sceptics like to blame magnetic fields and hurricane-prone winds, there are still many true believers out there who insist supernatural forces are to blame.

5 Weird Foods From Around The World

Everyone has different tastes and as they say – one man’s meat is another man’s poison Here’s my top 5 weird foods from around the world. Like that old saying goes: every man to his taste. Warning: the content of this blog post is not for those of a weak constitution.

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Deep Fried Tarantula, Cambodia When most sane people are confronted with a large, hairy and venomous tarantula the one thing on their mind is to run away fast. However, in Cambodia many choose to eat it and the fried tarantula is a common and much appreciated delicacy (crazy huh?). The spiders – usually the size of a human hand – are tossed in garlic and salt before being deep fried until nice and crispy. Most people only eat the upper body flesh and legs (dipping them into sauce for extra flavour), but the very bravest choose to also eat the abdomen which contains a brown, runny paste, and sometimes even the eggs. Yummy!

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Century Eggs, China Speaking of eggs, no eggs in the world can top that of China’s infamous Century Eggs. Century Eggs have many names – millennium eggs, thousand-year-old eggs or pidan, but are essentially quail, duck or chicken eggs preserved in a mixture of ashes, clay and salt for several months. During this bizarre process, the egg’s white turns into a jelly-like brown mixture, while the yolk takes a mouldy greenish hue. Century eggs emit a powerful smell of sulphur and ammonia, and its taste is what the polite would say strong and interesting. Definitely not for those with a weak stomach.

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Casu Marzu, Italy Oh cheese, glorious cheese! Who doesn’t enjoy a good slice of cheese? But if you actually took time to think about it, cheese is pretty weird – essentially just fermented milk, full of germs and all sorts of bacteria. But we can stomach this fact as cheese just tastes so good. However, the Casu Marzu goes way beyond simple fermentation to the point of actual decomposition. This Italian sheep milk cheese is crawling with live fly larvae (AKA maggots to the normal person), and not by accident but on purpose. At the end of the making process, the crust is cut open in order to let flies lay their eggs in the cheese. Once those eggs hatch, the little larvae make their home within the cheese. Some people love to eat their casu marzu with the larvae still alive and wriggling, not-so-brave others prefer to suffocate them with a paper bag prior to tucking in. Live Cobra Heart, Vietnam The act of eating live cobra hearts cannot be considered common place in Vietnam, but some people do eat them. As is the case for most things like this, eating a cobra heart is entirely down to superstition – many people believe that by eating a snake live, they will inherit a part of its power and enhance their strength. The ritual consists of the following: a lucky live cobra is picked out by the customer (the meaner, the better), its head is then unceremoniously cut-off and it’s still beating heart is ripped out and placed on a saucer, and finally garnished with a little blood. The heroic eater is then supposed to tilt their head back and swallow the heart whole. This type of dining is certainly not for the faint hearted.

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Escamoles, Mexico

A word of warning – please be careful next time you’re in Mexico and are ordering food. Next time you tuck into Mexico’s famous bean selection, those charming little white ones might just as well be escamoles. Escamoles, also known as giant black Lipometum ants’ eggs, are considered an ‘insect caviar’ and apparently have a nice buttery taste. A good way of detecting these ‘bad eggs’ is to keep in mind that they have a consistency very similar to cottage cheese. No need to thank me!